The EVO Championship Series is an annual event held in Las Vegas bringing together top players who specialise in a variety of fighting games and finding out who’s the best. This year was no different, with multiple games represented including Dragon Ball FighterZ, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle and, of course, the Super Smash Bros. franchise.

Swedish player "Leffen" took out the Super Smash Bros. Melee competition, having to overcome prominent opponents such as "Hungrybox" along the way, while "Lima" from the US won the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U event in what was described as an "unorthodox" final featuring two Bayonettas.

I will never forget the first time I played Melee back in 2004 and how many times I went through that amazing first level from the Adventure Mode. I wish I could feel the same excitement for Ultimate, but it's just not the same. Maybe I'm just old

@Kevember Yep it's probably just because you're getting old. I'm still waiting for something to wow me as much as when I first laid eyes on Sonic 1 on my mates Japanese Megadrive. So that gives an indication as to how old I am

The Smash Wii U grand finals were a complete joke, both Lima and Captain Zack were not taking it seriously (though it seems like almost all top Bayonetta players are really good friends so that's probably the root cause)

I read it's because the Smash community in EVO were A-holes booing Bayonetta players from the start. It's also been reported that one of these kids (16-17 y/o) received multiple death threats prior due to playing Bayonetta in earlier tournaments.

@BensonUii The booing is one thing, but the best players of the tournament making a mockery of their game's competitive scene is even worse. The stalling, non-competitiveness, and crowd taunting that occurred in the Smash 4 grand finals in front of the largest audience the game gets every year made the Smash 4 scene a joke. The Japanese players who spent so much money to compete in Evo are ticked off, and rightfully so. I understand Lima and Zack teenagers and the crowd was rowdy, but the two acting the way they did disrespected Evo and pretty much killed the Smash 4 community.

@TheDragonDAFanThat's good I guess. I'm hoping Ultimate will unite both so Nintendo can only focus on one big Smash tournament and one for Splatoon 2 so Nintendo can give another slot to ARMS or Pokken too. But I heard the Melee community is stubborn so I guess that's not gonna happen. LOL.